Air Pressure Video on Air Pressure and how Barometers work __http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQ8FWnM0fA__ could watch from begining until 2:10 and watch air pressure experiment with bottle and balloon in freezer then warm water. Tell kids they can do this at home.
--------------------------------------------------------- ??Thermometer - __http://www.education.com/activity/article/make_a_homemade_thermometer_middle/__ Need straws, rubbing alcohol, plastic bottles (ask students to bring some in? Susan has modeling clay, red food coloring. Still need to build one, if we want to do this as a group.
Investigating Natural Disasters through Children’s Lit, pp144-146.
15-20 min
Team Building Exercise: Weather Scavenger Hunt
Go outside and split into teams. Team members take turns choosing a weather realted scavenger hunt item from a grab bag. They search as a team for something to represent the item.
outside, grab bags of different items to search for (LINDA, p 52 Wild About Weather)
See list below
3D tutorial? Have tinkercad/minecraft available for kids to create 3D models?
LEGO Build - Build something “weather related”
Weather Scavenger Hunt
Something bending toward the sun Something hiding from sunshine Something that may become part of a cloud Something that tells you if the wind is blowing or not Something left by the rain A bad place for a person to seek shelter during a lightning storm A place where icicles might form A place where weather has damaged a building A good place for a person to seek shelter during a tornado A sign of an animal that likes rain A place to go where it’s cool A place where the rain has moved the soil A place that gets not much sunshine A place that gets lots of sunshine Something that bends in the wind Something that won’t bend in the wind Something that reflects lots of sunlight Something that absorbs lots of sunlight Something that will soak up rain Something that makes rain splatter Something that protects people from rain Something that uses sunlight or wind or water to work A good windbreak Something shaped by wind or water
Week 2: Weather and Forecasting
Prep
Weather and ground/earth -- which are which…
Did anyone talk to anyone about being in a weather-related natural disaster? Go over any stories they have...
How can we prepare for a weather-related natural disaster?
Who figures out ahead of time that one is coming? And how do they know? What do they track?
__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J2CJKnPiYI__
Ask what kind of things they hear from him in terms of things he watches for
Talk through discussion questions...
Questions From “Investigating Natural Disasters Through Children’s Literature”
__http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/weather.html__
Slow Motion Lightning - pretty cool
Hail - to show difference to rain
__http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KNCCARY32__
Maps of Current Forecasts -
__http://www.weather.com/?from=mypage_redirect__
→ talk about fronts, etc… satellite, etc..
__http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=cary+nc__
History (charts of temps, barometric
__http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KNCCARY32__
Anemometer - __http://www.fi.edu/weather/todo/dixie.html__
Show kids how anemometer works. Need fan with different speeds, something to record revolutions, phone to record time.
Doppler Radar / Doppler Effect
__http://www.weatherwizkids.com/experiments-doppler-effect.htm__
Need phone, electric razor
Air Pressure
Video on Air Pressure and how Barometers work
__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQ8FWnM0fA__
could watch from begining until 2:10 and watch air pressure experiment with bottle and balloon in freezer then warm water.
Tell kids they can do this at home.
---------------------------------------------------------
??Thermometer - __http://www.education.com/activity/article/make_a_homemade_thermometer_middle/__
Need straws, rubbing alcohol, plastic bottles (ask students to bring some in?
Susan has modeling clay, red food coloring.
Still need to build one, if we want to do this as a group.
Investigating Natural Disasters through Children’s Lit, pp144-146.
Go outside and split into teams.
Team members take turns choosing a weather realted scavenger hunt item from a grab bag.
They search as a team for something to represent the item.
See list below
Weather Scavenger Hunt
Something bending toward the sun
Something hiding from sunshine
Something that may become part of a cloud
Something that tells you if the wind is blowing or not
Something left by the rain
A bad place for a person to seek shelter during a lightning storm
A place where icicles might form
A place where weather has damaged a building
A good place for a person to seek shelter during a tornado
A sign of an animal that likes rain
A place to go where it’s cool
A place where the rain has moved the soil
A place that gets not much sunshine
A place that gets lots of sunshine
Something that bends in the wind
Something that won’t bend in the wind
Something that reflects lots of sunlight
Something that absorbs lots of sunlight
Something that will soak up rain
Something that makes rain splatter
Something that protects people from rain
Something that uses sunlight or wind or water to work
A good windbreak
Something shaped by wind or water